Established 1838 

 / 



Incorporated 1892 



SEVENTIETH 

 ANNIVERSARY EDITION 



OF 



DREER'S GARDEN BOOK 



1838— 1908 



♦gW"N presenting this, the Seventieth Anniversary Edition of our Garden Book, we wish first to express our thanks 

 11 to the thousands of friends and customers for their generous patronage, which we have enjoyed in the past, 

 and to assure them that we will use our best endeavors to merit a continuance of their good will and orders 

 in the years to come. Many, no doubt, dislike to order but a single packet of Seed or one Plant which may be 

 wanted, but we would like to emphasize the fact that we solicit the orders of all buyers, no matter how small or 

 how large, and especially the orders of those who do their own gardening and appreciate values. 



We celebrate this season our seventieth year in business, and think the occasion appropriate to present a short 

 sketch of the history of the establishment and a brief outline of what is being done in the various departments, and 

 we trust that the records as given on pages 5 to 24 will be of general interest. 



We give on the following two pages a complete index of both the Botanical and the Common or Popular names 

 of all the Flower Seeds, Plants and Bulbs which we offer in this Catalogue, the general arrangement of the book 

 being as follows : 



Story of the Establishment 5 



Vegetable Seeds. 



New and Choice Varieties 25 



General List 31 



Vegetable Plants and Roots 



Lawn Grass and Special Grass Mixtures . . 62 



Agricultural Seeds 64 



Flower Seeds. 



Novelties and Specialties 69 



General List 79 



Garden and Greenhouse Plants. 



New and Rare Varieties 125 



General List 129 



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 124 



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 162 



Roses. PAGES 



New Varieties 163 to 165 



General List • 166 to 172 



Hardy Perennial Plants. 



New and Rare Sorts 173 to 1 78 



General List 179 to 211 



Hardy Shrubs. 



New and Rare Sorts 212 



General List 213 to 219 



Hardy Climbing Plants. 



New and Rare Sorts ... 220 



General List 221 to 223 



Choice Small Fruits 224 to 225 



Water Lilies and Aquatics 226 to 235 



Tools, Implements and Sundries 236 to 248 



VEGETABLE, GARDEN, HERB, FLOWER, AKB TAHHWG SI 

 HIRST &. D^EER, 



Re »7 CMESTTsuT HTnorir, 



'jf'/ie illustration shows 



a photographic reproduction, 



much reduced, of our first 



2 page catalogue issued 



in i8j8 — seventy years ago. 







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